Jimbo205

When shipping your beautiful plants or fish to and from members (especially after all the work you have done trying to grow them both); consider this:
for the boxes you are purchasing you may be able to get SOMETHING BETTER for FREE.

Come to find out (I learned this from another very smart member - Betty) that every single vets office has these boxes.

For those of us shipping to or from the Northeastern United States or almost anywhere that gets snow or frost this time of year, these boxes could make a huge difference in shipping. And again remember - they are free!

From my experience, every single vets office I called or stopped at after work said that they break down or throw out their boxes between 10 am and noontime. So if you want some of these great free boxes, just figure out on your drive to and from work - which vets office is closest to your workplace. And give them a call. They might ask you what you want them for. Some don't care. I said to ship plants in. No problem. And then when you finish work - if the office is on your drive home, you may be able to pick them up on your drive home. Or they might leave them by the doorway for you if they have already closed by the time you get there.

You get the PERFECT box to ship during FREEZING or VERY HOT weather, your recipient may very well compliment you on the shipment they received, you can save your money you would have wasted on a brand new box, AND YOU RECYCLED!!!!

Here are photos of just one. (Pardon my photo skills - I hope they look okay.

onemyndseye

Certainly an excellent shipping container. Jim sent me some very nice plants that left his freezing
climate came to Louisiana and sat on my porch in 30 degree weather for almost 10 hours without harm.

.. I pass a vet every day - gonna have to check on this

-Justin
One Mynds Eye

Jane in Upton

Thanks for posting this!

Wonderful tip! I'm going to get right on this!
thanks!
-Jane

bpimm

Good Find, a lot eaiser than cutting foam to fit a standard box.

DataGuru

I have to give credit for the idea to a lady I know on our goldfish board. She recently sent me some fish and I was in awe of the ice chest cuz I HATE making insulated boxes. LOL

So far I haven't had any luck with the vets I've called. They told me to hit the larger vet practices. I wonder if the big chain pharmacies would have any.

epicfish

Are these standard sizes? Will they fit in a priority mail box?

Jimbo205

I don't know the answer to that question.

But I do know that I scheduled a pickup at my house for the Post Office at USPS - The United States Postal Service (U.S. Postal Service) and set it up being 1 lb (I guessed) which cost $4.10 and marked PRIORITY on the box and they took it. They even left me a THANK YOU note! My mailman has NEVER done that before.

epicfish, let us know how it works for you.

I have no clue what they would say at the clerks counter at the US Post Office. I assume it is fine.

Kelley

If you live near a university, most biology, biochemistry, microbiology, etc. labs will have plenty of these. We get enzymes shipped to us with them. We also have cold packs on hand. If you call the main office of the department, they should be able to help you.

fish newb

I live In RI near Some major collages in Providence, RIC I think has a huge BioMed department. If what you are saying is right I'll never need to buy styro boxes again? Great tip if Somehow I can get them! thanks!

-Andrew

Buckeye_Robert

Hi
Is their someone in Hawaii that can help in testing a shipment method.
I will send 10 stems of stargrass packed all different ways in the same box
and this person can report back to us the condition of the plants
Thanks Robert